Premonitory urge in tic disorders – a scoping review by John B. Wohlgemuth, Kelly H. Watson, Kayce D. Gill, David A. Isaacs

“…The insula and supplementary motor area are the neuroanatomical structures most strongly implicated in emergence of the premonitory urge.DiscussionKnowledge of the clinical characteristics, measurement, and neural mechanisms of premonitory urge has advanced considerably in recent years, but important knowledge gaps remain in each of these domains. …”
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The Role of IL-17 Promotes Spinal Cord Neuroinflammation via Activation of the Transcription Factor STAT3 after Spinal Cord Injury in the Rat by Shaohui Zong, Gaofeng Zeng, Ye Fang, Jinzhen Peng, Yong Tao, Keke Li, Jingmin Zhao

“…Basso, Beattie, and Bresnahan hind limb locomotor rating scale was used to assess the rat hind limb motor function. Immunohistochemistry was used to determine the expression levels of IL-17 and p-STAT3 in spinal cord tissues. …”
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Efficient Feature Selection and Hyperparameter Tuning for Improved Speech Signal-Based Parkinson’s Disease Diagnosis via Machine Learning Techniques by Deepak Painuli, Suyash Bhardwaj, Utku Kose

“…Symptoms of PD include visual hallucinations, depression, autonomic dysfunction, and motor difficulties. Conventional diagnostic methods often rely on subjective interpretations of movement, which can be subtle and challenging to assess accurately, potentially leading to misdiagnoses. …”
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Biomarkers of Oxidative Stress in Huntington's Disease and Other Neurological Disorders: a Comparative Study by Marisol Peña Sánchez, Gabriel Andrés Peña de los Santos, Gretel Riverón Forment, Gloria Lara Fernández, Tatiana Acosta Sánchez, Alina González-Quevedo Monteagudo

“…Advanced products of protein oxidation were directly correlated with the biological and onset ages of Huntington's disease. Motor activity in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and neurological deficit in acute ischemic stroke were correlated with malonyldialdehyde and glutathione peroxidase, respectively. …”
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Rapid learning with phase-change memory-based in-memory computing through learning-to-learn by Thomas Ortner, Horst Petschenig, Athanasios Vasilopoulos, Roland Renner, Špela Brglez, Thomas Limbacher, Enrique Piñero, Alejandro Linares-Barranco, Angeliki Pantazi, Robert Legenstein

“…We demonstrate the versatility of our approach in two scenarios: a convolutional neural network performing image classification and a biologically-inspired spiking neural network generating motor commands for a real robotic arm. Both models rapidly learn with few parameter updates. …”
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Differences in Thigh Muscle Activation Between Standing and Landing Exercises for Knee Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation by Jesper Bencke, Mark Strøm, Derek J. Curtis, Thomas Bandholm, Mette K. Zebis

“… # Conclusion The muscle activity of the hamstrings and quadriceps increased when the motor task was more dynamic. Specifically, single-leg landings were effective in increasing the hamstring muscle activity over the single-leg stance to single-leg squat exercises, and muscle activity was significantly increased with the most unstable device. …”
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A four-compartment controller model of muscle fatigue for static and dynamic tasks by James Yang, Ritwik Rakshit, Shuvrodeb Barman, Yujiang Xiang

“…This new 4CCr model can be extended to various domains such as individual muscle fatigue, motor units’ fatigue, and joint-based fatigue.…”
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Epidemiological and clinical variables’ behavior in patients with stroke of Villa Clara by Bettsy Bell Bosch Rodriguez, Arlet López Quintanilla, Mercedes Bordón Hernández, Marbelys Guevara Rodríguez, Eldis Daniel Rodríguez León, Amalia Inés Luna Capote

“…Arterial hypertension was the main associated risk factor (83.6%). The motor defect was observed as the most frequent clinical finding on admission (96.7%). …”
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Machine learning techniques for predicting neurodevelopmental impairments in premature infants: a systematic review by Arantxa Ortega-Leon, Daniel Urda, Ignacio J. Turias, Simón P. Lubián-López, Simón P. Lubián-López, Isabel Benavente-Fernández, Isabel Benavente-Fernández, Isabel Benavente-Fernández

“…Background and objectiveVery preterm infants are highly susceptible to Neurodevelopmental Impairments (NDIs), including cognitive, motor, and language deficits. This paper presents a systematic review of the application of Machine Learning (ML) techniques to predict NDIs in premature infants.MethodsThis review presents a comparative analysis of existing studies from January 2018 to December 2023, highlighting their strengths, limitations, and future research directions.ResultsWe identified 26 studies that fulfilled the inclusion criteria. …”
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Repetitive Control of Robotic Joint With Variable Impedance Utilizing Agonist-Antagonist Muscle Pair Structure Based on Virtual Trajectories by Kaho Umeda, Yinlai Jiang, Hiroshi Yokoi, Shunta Togo

“…We developed a robotic joint with an agonist-antagonist muscle pair structure that can easily change its mechanical impedance using a position-controlled motor combined with a grommet, which changes its stiffness nonlinearly with respect to elongation, in addition to a wire traction mechanism as the control target. …”
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Changes of Air Pollutants in Urban Cities during the COVID-19 Lockdown-Sri Lanka by Buddhi Pushpawela, Sherly Shelton, Gayathri Liyanage, Sanduni Jayasekara, Dimuthu Rajapaksha, Akila Jayasundara, Lesty Das Jayasuriya

“…Abstract In response to the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020, Sri Lanka underwent a nationwide lockdown that limited motor vehicle movement, industrial operations, and human activities. …”
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Efeito da recuperação ativa versus passiva em programa de exercícios intervalados de predomínio anaeróbio by Dartel Ferrari de Lima, Maria das Graças Anguera Lima, Rene Anguera Lima

“… A fadiga desempenha importante redução no desempenho motor. O período de recuperação contribui fortemente para a restauração das vias energéticas e no equilíbrio bioquímico tecidual, retardando ou amenizando os efeitos da fadiga. …”
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How is depth of anaesthesia assessed in experimental pigs? A scoping review. by Alessandro Mirra, Ekaterina Gamez Maidanskaia, Luís Pedro Carmo, Olivier Levionnois, Claudia Spadavecchia

“…The most reported depth of anaesthesia indicators were: motor response following a stimulus (37/92 = 40.2%), depth of anaesthesia scores (21/92 = 23.3%), bispectral index (16/92 = 17.8%) and spectral edge frequency 95% (9/92 = 9.8%).…”
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“…They were just treating her Symptom by Symptom”: maternal experiences of having a child with spinal muscular atrophy in Ghana by Esther Doe-Yo Tawiah, Jacob Owusu Sarfo

“…Abstract Background Children with Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) face the challenges of a rare condition impacting their motor neurons, placing substantial caregiving burdens on their mothers. …”
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Functional Connectivity Changes in Multiple-Frequency Bands in Acute Basal Ganglia Ischemic Stroke Patients: A Machine Learning Approach by Jie Li, Lulu Cheng, Shijian Chen, Jian Zhang, Dongqiang Liu, Zhijian Liang, Huayun Li

“…Several functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies have investigated the resting-state functional connectivity (rs-FC) changes in the primary motor cortex (M1) in patients with acute basal ganglia ischemic stroke (BGIS). …”
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Melatonin attenuates MPP+-induced autophagy via heat shock protein in the Parkinson’s disease mouse model by Yinli Guo, Chengbo Liu

“…Methods Twelve adult male C57BL/6 mice were randomly divided into four groups (normal control, melatonin control, Parkinson’s model, and melatonin treatment; n = 3 per group) and housed in a single cage. 1-methyl-4-phenyl-1,2,3,6-tetrahydropyridine (MPTP) was injected intraperitoneally in the Parkinson’s model and treatment groups to establish a subacute PD model, while controls received saline. Limb motor ability was assessed 1 h after the final injection using behavioral tests, including the open field test to evaluate central zone entries and average movement. …”
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Reactive dye extraction utilizing regenerated bleaching earth by M. Shahi, M.R. Sabour, G.A. Dezvareh

“…Bentonite bleaching earth is utilized for purifying used motor oil through a recovery process in order to improve the quality and stability of the final product. …”
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Programming for Stimulation-Induced Transient Nonmotor Psychiatric Symptoms after Bilateral Subthalamic Nucleus Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson’s Disease by Xi Wu, Yiqing Qiu, Keith Simfukwe, Jiali Wang, Jianchun Chen, Xiaowu Hu

“…We designed algorithms which (1) determine the electrode contacts that induce STPSs and (2) provide a programming protocol to eliminate STPS and maintain the optimal motor functions. Our objective is to test the effectiveness of these algorithms. …”
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Contributions of Limb Joints to Energy Absorption during Landing in Cats by Xueqing Wu, Baoqing Pei, Yuyang Pei, Nan Wu, Kaiyuan Zhou, Yan Hao, Wei Wang

“…Furthermore, the joint angles and angular velocities exhibit similar variations, indicating that a generalized motor program can be adopted to activate limb joints for different landing heights. …”
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Perioperative complications following spinal fusion in idiopathic scoliosis: A review of 825 cases from the German Spine Registry (DWG-register) – Perioperative complications in id... by Juan Manuel Vinas-Rios, Vincent J. Heck, Fatima Azucena Medina-Govea, Mario Alberto Islas-Aguilar, Nikolaus Kernich

“…A 1.3% rate of major complications and 1.6% rate of minor complications were recorded as follows: spinal cord damage n = 2 (8.4%), subfaszial hematoma n = 2 (8.4%), motor dysfunction n = 1 (4.2%), cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)-leakage n = 7 (29.2%), sensory dysfunction n = 6 (25%), bowel/bladder dysfunction n = 1 (4.2%), superficial site infection n = 2 (8.4%), and pulmonary lung atelectasis n = 3 (12.5%). …”
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